Summer,
They can call it "venting" if they wish, but if a float sticks or there is
too much fuel pressure, they will "vent" raw fuel all over the place. That's
why the old MG's had "vent" pipes extending down below the manifolds; all
the way down to the oil pan. When they "vented" the raw fuel would spill
onto the ground below.
Ed Woods
-----Original Message-----
From: Sumner Weisman <sweisman@gis.net>
To: gprtech@frontiernet.net <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 2:13 PM
Subject: SU Carbs
>
>According to the Moss catalog, they're called "float chamber vent pipes".
>I also thought they were for fuel overflow until I checked into it today.
>
>Sumner Weisman
>62 TR3B
>
>
>Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 18:16:11 -0800
>From: George Richardson <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
>Subject: Re: SU Carb Fuel Lines
>
>I don't think these are primarily fuel overflows. I believe that they're
>just vapor vents. They're directed towards the carbs to catch fumes.
>
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